The Story of a Seventeen Year Old

People in story: Kenneth Fenwick,
Clifford Davis
Location of story: Sheffield South Yorkshire

THE STORY OF A
SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD.

At the age of seventeen my Dad (Ken Fenwick) with his friend Cliff Davis became
ARP Wardens. For my Dad this meant doing a full shift at an Engineering Firm
called Davy United coming home, having something to eat, catching a bit of
sleep and then waiting for the sirens to go. He would then work all night, have
some breakfast, get washed and get changed and go to work again.

They saw some horrific sights, pulling bodies out and sometimes only arms and
legs. The worst night was the Sheffield Blitz. They worked all through the
bombs dropping. One was dropped on his own house but he did not know this until
he arrived home, but he was lucky, his family was safe.

One night instead of reporting in, he went for something to eat first. The ARP
Wardens went to his house but as he had not been there, he was reported
missing. When he arrived to get changed he received a good telling off.